Project Gutenberg 2016-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 69 Senior, Nassau William 1790 1864 Senior, Nassau W. 09003972 Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law Report Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes" by Nassau W. Senior is a historical account written in the early 19th century. This work serves as an introduction to a larger compilation of foreign communications regarding the systems of welfare and relief for the poor across various regions in America and Europe. The book aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the laws and practices addressing poverty during that era, highlighting both successes and challenges within these systems. The opening of the text outlines the purpose behind the document, which is to inform the public and policymakers about the state of provisions for the poor across several geographic areas. It describes how commissioners under the British government sought to gather extensive information on poor laws, extending their inquiry beyond England and Wales to include insights from various nations, aided by diplomats and other authorities abroad. As they begin detailing the diverse methods of support for the impoverished, the text hints at a comparative analysis of the systems employed, illustrating the variances in approaches and outcomes regarding the welfare of working-class populations in different societal contexts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Working class Poor -- United States Poor -- Europe HV Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - European Browsing: Sociology 619634 619635 2024-09-22T07:46:58.293472 2023-09-23T06:19:07.130618 text/html text/html 634000 2016-10-18T13:58:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 221898 2016-10-18T13:58:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 246976 2024-09-22T07:47:09.875410 application/epub+zip 254630 2024-09-22T07:47:00.249462 application/epub+zip 254630 2024-09-22T07:46:59.113465 application/epub+zip 439227 2024-09-22T07:47:16.177391 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 450944 2024-09-22T07:47:08.888397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451578 2022-09-24T08:02:00.614325 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582635 582433 2024-09-22T07:46:56.382510 2023-09-23T06:19:05.051065 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 582776 2016-10-18T13:58:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 186545 2016-10-18T13:58:26 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19170 2024-09-22T07:47:16.339555 application/rdf+xml 10682 2024-09-22T07:46:59.245441 image/jpeg 2069 2024-09-22T07:46:59.179447 image/jpeg 221843 2024-09-22T07:46:58.342454 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog